Qatar said isolating the Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, would not be an option and advocated engagement with the hardline Sunni Islamist group for moderating their behavior

Pakistan and Iran have agreed to enhance the mutual defense cooperation to tackle terrorism--what they called the “common enemy”-- and stressed taking a unified approach on Afghanistan where the Taliban has seized power two months back, raising fear of spillover of extremism and radical elements in the region

Stressing on the need for enhanced regional connectivity, Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday proposed that the strategic Chabahar Port in Iran be included in the North-South Transport Corridor that has the potential to bridge connectivity barriers, as he agreed on a roadmap for future course of cooperation and exchanges during bilateral talks with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan

Pakistan's powerful army last week announced the appointment of Lt- General Nadeem Ahmad Anjum as the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the country’s intelligence agency

India is doing well in terms of vaccinating its own people and this is certainly helpful in its economy, a top International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said on Tuesday as the global financial institution in its latest outlook projected 9.5 per cent growth rate for India in 2021

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday once again called on the international community to ensure that Afghan territory does not become a source of radicalisation and terrorism, and pitched for a united global response to bring about the desired change in that country

India will continue to be the world's fastest-growing major economy clocking a growth rate of 9.5 per cent this fiscal year and 8.5 per cent in the next, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projections released on Tuesday

A "selective" approach to human rights dents the country's image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, as he criticised "some" who viewed human rights "with an eye on political gains and loss" and were therefore harming the practice of such rights and democracy

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has ordered cutting down on all state expenses including unnecessary fleets of vehicles being used by ministries as the government grapples with a worsening economic crisis in the country

Om Birla, the speaker of the lower house of the Indian parliament, has invited the Chairman of Pakistan's Senate to attend the centennial celebration of the creation of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, according to Indian media reports

The Taliban appears to be non-committal on the issue of allowing girls to access higher secondary level education in Afghanistan as the group’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said they can't be expected to implement social reforms in such a short time

Former Maldivian president Ibrahim Mohammed Nasheed, who escaped an assassination attempt in May, has returned to the Maldives from Germany where he had been seeking treatment for his recovery. He is currently the speaker of the Maldivian parliament

The Nepali government is all set to sign a deal to procure 6 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines through a non-disclosure agreement, a media report said

India is set to achieve 450 GW renewable energy installed capacity by 2030, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said on Monday

Child marriage kills more than 60 girls a day globally and six girls a day in South Asia, according to a new analysis released on the International Day of the Girl Child that claimed over an estimated 22,000 girls a year are dying from pregnancy and childbirth resulting from child marriage globally